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Boston College Eagles football
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The Boston College Eagles football team represents Boston College in the sport of American football. The Eagles compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, begun in 1892, Boston Colleges football team was one of six Major College football programs in New England as designated by NCAA classifications, starting in 1938. By 1981, and for the remainder of the twentieth century and it has amassed a 624–444–37 record and is 99–54 since the turn of the 21st century. Steve Addazio is currently the head coach. Boston College is one of only two Catholic universities that field a team in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the other being Notre Dame, the Eagles home games are played at Alumni Stadium on the Boston College campus in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. In addition to success on the gridiron, Boston College football teams are ranked among the nations best for academic achievement. In 2005,2006 and 2007, the football teams Academic Progress Rate was the highest of any school that finished the season ranked in the AP or ESPN/USA Today Coaches polls, drum would become the first head coach, albeit an unpaid position and OConnell was captain. On October 26,1893, BC played its first official game against the St. Johns Literary Institute of Cambridge followed by its first intercollegiate game against MIT, BC won the first game 4–0, but lost 6–0 to MIT. In 1920, the Boston College football team adopted the nickname Eagles, the season was capped by a stirring 14-0 victory over Holy Cross before 40,000 fans at Braves Field. The win gave the team a perfect 8-0 season and the school’s first Eastern Championship, the 1940 season can arguably be called the greatest year in the history of Boston College football. BCs undefeated and untied team, captured the 1941 Sugar Bowl championship and it included a 19–18 victory over Georgetown before 41,700 fans at sold-out Fenway Park, that was called one of the greatest games ever by famed sportswriter Grantland Rice. Going into the game, the Hoyas had twenty-two consecutive victories spanning three seasons, BC trailed until the third quarter, when a 43-yard touchdown pass from Charlie ORourke to Monk Maznicki put the Eagles ahead. With just seconds remaining, BC had the ball on their own nine, Georgetown set up to return the Eagles punt. Instead of punting, ORourke scrambled in his own end zone for 45 seconds then took a safety, BC used the free kick to boot the ball far downfield and dashed the Hoyas three-season unbeaten record. The NCAA lists only Minnesota as the champion in 1940. Mike Holovak was named coach of BC in 1951. During his tenure as coach, the Eagles compiled a 49–29–3 record. Holovak won Coach of the Year honors in 1954 from New England football writers, ernie Hefferle, an assistant coach for the NFLs Washington Redskins, was hired as head coach of the Eagles following Holovaks firing

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Joe McKenney
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Joseph Joe McKenney was an American football player and coach. He served as the football coach at Boston College from 1928 to 1934. McKenney also played at Boston College and was the quarterback for the Eagles from 1923 to 1926. When McKenney graduated from Brighton High School in 1923, he was invited to the Harvard Club by his principal. There he was presented with a $1,000 scholarship and McKenney, when his mother read about his going to Harvard in the Boston Post, she told him that he must go to a Catholic school or go to work. McKenney played quarterback and punter for Boston College and was captain during their undefeated 1926 season. He was the first four-year starting quarterback in BC history and he was an assistant under D. Leo Daley in 1927 before being promoted to head coach, during McKenneys tenure as head coach, one of Boston Colleges biggest rivals was Fordham, coached by McKenneys coach at BC, Frank Cavanaugh. McKenneys tenure at BC ended when he resigned to accept the higher paying post of director of physical education of Boston Public Schools. His replacement was John Dinny McNamara, his classmate and assistant coach, McKenney also served as a linesman for college football games from 1936 to 1945 and was a member of the Metropolitan District Commission from 1938 to 1948. While with the MDC, he sold the now occupied by Alumni Stadium to Boston College. When the stadium opened in 1957, McKenney was the master of ceremonies, Joe McKenney at the College Football Data Warehouse

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Boston College
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Boston College is a private Jesuit Catholic research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States,6 miles west of downtown Boston. It has 9,100 full-time undergraduates and almost 5,000 graduate students, the universitys name reflects its early history as a liberal arts college and preparatory school in Bostons South End. It is a member of the 568 Group and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and its main campus is a historic district and features some of the earliest examples of collegiate gothic architecture in North America. Boston Colleges undergraduate program is currently ranked 31st in the National Universities ranking by U. S. News & World Report, Boston College is categorized as an R1, Highest Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Students at the university earned 21 Fulbright Awards in 2012, ranking the school eighth among American research institutions, Boston College sports teams are called the Eagles, and their colors are maroon and gold, the school mascot is Baldwin the Eagle. The Eagles compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference in all sports offered by the ACC, the mens and womens ice hockey teams compete in Hockey East. Boston Colleges mens ice hockey team is one of the most decorated programs in the nation, in 1825, Benedict Joseph Fenwick, S. J. A Jesuit from Maryland, became the second Bishop of Boston and he was the first to articulate a vision for a College in the City of Boston that would raise a new generation of leaders to serve both the civic and spiritual needs of his fledgling diocese. In 1827, Bishop Fenwick opened a school in the basement of his cathedral and his efforts to attract other Jesuits to the faculty were hampered both by Bostons distance from the center of Jesuit activity in Maryland and by suspicion on the part of the citys Protestant elite. Meanwhile, the vision for a college in Boston was sustained by John McElroy, with little fanfare, the colleges two buildings—a schoolhouse and a church—welcomed their first class of scholastics in 1859. Two years later, with as little fanfare, BC closed again and its short-lived second incarnation was plagued by the outbreak of Civil War and disagreement within the Society over the colleges governance and finances. BCs inability to obtain a charter from the anti-Catholic Massachusetts legislature only compounded its troubles, on March 31,1863, more than three decades after its initial inception, Boston Colleges charter was formally approved by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. BC became the second Jesuit institution of learning in Massachusetts. A Swiss Jesuit from French-speaking Fribourg, was selected as BCs first president, for most of the 19th century, BC offered a singular 7-year program corresponding to both high school and college. Its entering class in the fall of 1864 included 22 students, the curriculum was based on the Jesuit Ratio Studiorum, emphasizing Latin, Greek, philosophy, and theology. Boston Colleges enrollment reached nearly 500 by the turn of the 20th century, in 1907, newly installed President Thomas I. Gasson, S. J. determined that BCs cramped, urban quarters in Bostons South End were inadequate, inspired by John Winthrops early vision of Boston as a city upon a hill, he re-imagined Boston College as world-renowned university and a beacon of Jesuit scholarship. Less than a year after taking office, he purchased Amos Adams Lawrences farm on Chestnut Hill and he organized an international competition for the design of a campus master plan and set about raising funds for the construction of the new university

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Catholic University Cardinals football
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The team played its first game in 1895 and was a major college team in the first half of the 20th century, into the 1940s. The football program was put on hiatus during World War II, in 1965, football returned to the university at the club level, and, in 1977, re-entered NCAA competition as part of Division III. The Cardinals have participated in the Division III playoffs three times in the late 1990s and have secured two ODAC championships, Catholics first known intercollegiate football game came on Thanksgiving Day, November 28,1895, in Emmitsburg, Maryland. They faced Mount Saint Marys, of six of the eleven Catholic players were alums. The Mountaineers scored a touchdown immediately before halftime to take a 4–0 lead, Catholic recovered a blocked field goal attempt and ran it back 92 yards for the equalizing score. Mount Saint Marys later pulled away with a safety and a touchdown with two-point kick, in the 1920s, the Catholic Red and Black became known as the Cardinals, sometimes expanded to the Flying Cardinals or, less often, the Fighting Cardinals. Brookland Stadium opened on October 4,1924, and helped to increase the prominence of the football team, in 1930, Catholic secured former Minnesota assistant Arthur Dutch Bergman as their new head coach. During his tenure, Bergman scheduled teams farther afield such as Detroit, DePaul, South Dakota State, in 1935, the Cardinals finished the regular season with a 7–1 record. The Catholic defense recorded three shutouts, allowed only 34 points, and no rushing touchdowns, the performance impressed the Orange Bowl committee enough for it to extend an invitation to play against Mississippi. During the game, Bill Adamaitis caught a pass for the first touchdown and he became the first of only three players to score both receiving and passing touchdowns in the same Orange Bowl. Ole Miss responded when Ned Peters ran for a 67-yard touchdown for a 13–6 halftime mark, in the second half, the Cardinals blocked a punt and returned it 20 yards for the score. Ole Miss recorded two touchdowns, but missed the penultimate extra point, which proved Catholics margin of victory. In 1939, Catholic achieved five shutouts in its 8–1 regular season record and they faced Tempe Normal Teachers College in the 1940 Sun Bowl. The result was a stalemate, unusual in the fact that the teams had scored a total of 512 points during the season. After the game, both claimed to have the superior team to the media. Dixie Howell of Tempe said, I believe we had the better team, and would have won if we had gotten a break at the right time. Bergman responded, Tempe is a fast, powerful team, I think we are capable of beating Tempe six days out of the week. During that game Washington Redskins player and future Pro Football Hall of Famer Wayne Millner served as an assistant coach, from 1941 to 1946, football was discontinued due to World War II

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Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
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Chestnut Hill is an affluent New England village located six miles west of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Like all Massachusetts villages, Chestnut Hill is not a municipal entity. Chestnut Hills borders are defined by the 02467 ZIP Code. Chestnut Hill is not a designation, the name refers to several small hills that overlook the 135-acre Chestnut Hill Reservoir rather than one particular hill. Chestnut Hill is best known as the home of Boston College, part of the Boston Marathon route, because of the significance of its landscape and architecture, the National Register of Historic Places, in 1986, designated parts of Chestnut Hill as historic districts. Examples of Colonial, Italianate, Shingle, Tudor Revival, and Victorian architectural styles are evident in the country estates. The Boston College campus is itself an example of Collegiate Gothic architecture. Hammond Pond Reservation, an extensive forest preserve and protected wetlands, goes through Chestnut Hill, kennard Park and Conservation Area This is a post-agricultural forest grown up on 19th century farmland. The mixed and conifer woodlands reveal colonial stone walls, a red maple swamp with century-old trees, and a sensitive fern marsh. )The Mall at Chestnut Hill The Street at Chestnut Hill Chestnut Hill Square The Shops At Putterham Chestnut Hill is served by three branches of the Green Line of the MBTA, Bostons light rail system. Stations include, B Line, Chestnut Hill Avenue, South Street, Boston College C Line, Cleveland Circle D Line, Reservoir, Boston College Main Campus Historic District—140 Commonwealth Ave. Chestnut Hill Historic District—roughly bounded by Middlesex Rd. Reservoir Ln, there are also a number of private schools including Mount Alvernia Academy, Brimmer and May School and The Chestnut Hill School. Children may opt to attend school in neighboring villages or in Boston, Chestnut Hill is home to Boston College and Pine Manor College. Fessenden House in Chestnut Hill is a US National Landmark as well as a US Historic Place

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Maine Black Bears football
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The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision and are members of the Colonial Athletic Association. Maines first football team was fielded in 1892, the team plays its home games at the 10,000 seat Alfond Stadium in Orono, Maine. The Black Bears have competed in just one game, the 1965 Tangerine Bowl. They lost 31–0 to East Carolina,1949,1951,1952,1961,1965,1974,1982,1987,1989,2001,2002,2013 Official website

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Fenway Park
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Fenway Park is a baseball park located in Boston, at 4 Yawkey Way near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home for the Boston Red Sox and it is the oldest ballpark in MLB. It is the fourth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second-smallest by total capacity, Fenway has hosted the World Series ten times, with the Red Sox winning five of them, and the Boston Braves winning one. The first, in the inaugural season, was the 1912 World Series. April 20,2012, marked Fenway Parks centennial, on March 7 of that year, the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Former pitcher Bill Lee has called Fenway Park a shrine and it is a pending Boston Landmark which will regulate further changes to the park. Today, the park is considered to be one of the most well-known sports venues in the world, the Red Sox moved to Fenway Park from the old Huntington Avenue Grounds. In 1911, owner John I. Taylor purchased the land bordered by Brookline Avenue, Jersey Street, Van Ness Street and Lansdowne Street and developed it into a larger baseball stadium. However, given that Taylors family also owned the Fenway Realty Company, like many classic ballparks, Fenway Park was constructed on an asymmetrical block, with consequent asymmetry in its field dimensions. The General Contractor was the Charles Logue Building Company, the first game was played April 20,1912, with mayor John F. Fitzgerald throwing out the first pitch and Boston defeating the New York Highlanders, 7-6 in 11 innings. Newspaper coverage of the opening was overshadowed by continuing coverage of the Titanic sinking a few days earlier, Fenway Park has historically drawn low attendance, its lowest occurring late in the 1965 season with two games having paid attendance under 500 spectators. On Wednesday, June 17,2009, the park celebrated its 500th consecutive Red Sox sellout, according to WBZ-TV, the team joined three NBA teams which achieved 500 consecutive home sellouts. The sellout streak ended on April 11,2013, in all the Red Sox sold out 794 regular season games, the parks address was originally 24 Jersey Street. In 1977, the section of Jersey Street nearest the park was renamed Yawkey Way in honor of longtime Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, and the parks address is now 4 Yawkey Way. Some of the include, In 1934, a hand-operated scoreboard was added, with what was then considered high-technology lights to indicate balls. The scoreboard is updated by hand today from behind the wall. The National League scores were removed in 1976, but restored in 2003, in 1946, upper deck seats were installed, Fenway Park is essentially the first double-tiered ballpark in Boston since the South End Grounds of the 1880s. In 1947, arc lights were installed at Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox were the third-to-last team out of 16 major league teams to have lights in their home park

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Boston
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Boston is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. Boston is also the seat of Suffolk County, although the county government was disbanded on July 1,1999. The city proper covers 48 square miles with a population of 667,137 in 2015, making it the largest city in New England. Alternately, as a Combined Statistical Area, this wider commuting region is home to some 8.1 million people, One of the oldest cities in the United States, Boston was founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers from England. It was the scene of several key events of the American Revolution, such as the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Siege of Boston. Upon U. S. independence from Great Britain, it continued to be an important port and manufacturing hub as well as a center for education, through land reclamation and municipal annexation, Boston has expanded beyond the original peninsula. Its rich history attracts many tourists, with Faneuil Hall alone drawing over 20 million visitors per year, Bostons many firsts include the United States first public school, Boston Latin School, first subway system, the Tremont Street Subway, and first public park, Boston Common. Bostons economic base also includes finance, professional and business services, biotechnology, information technology, the city has one of the highest costs of living in the United States as it has undergone gentrification, though it remains high on world livability rankings. Bostons early European settlers had first called the area Trimountaine but later renamed it Boston after Boston, Lincolnshire, England, the renaming on September 7,1630 was by Puritan colonists from England who had moved over from Charlestown earlier that year in quest of fresh water. Their settlement was limited to the Shawmut Peninsula, at that time surrounded by the Massachusetts Bay and Charles River. The peninsula is thought to have been inhabited as early as 5000 BC, in 1629, the Massachusetts Bay Colonys first governor John Winthrop led the signing of the Cambridge Agreement, a key founding document of the city. Puritan ethics and their focus on education influenced its early history, over the next 130 years, the city participated in four French and Indian Wars, until the British defeated the French and their Indian allies in North America. Boston was the largest town in British America until Philadelphia grew larger in the mid-18th century, Bostons harbor activity was significantly curtailed by the Embargo Act of 1807 and the War of 1812. Foreign trade returned after these hostilities, but Bostons merchants had found alternatives for their investments in the interim. Manufacturing became an important component of the economy, and the citys industrial manufacturing overtook international trade in economic importance by the mid-19th century. Boston remained one of the nations largest manufacturing centers until the early 20th century, a network of small rivers bordering the city and connecting it to the surrounding region facilitated shipment of goods and led to a proliferation of mills and factories. Later, a network of railroads furthered the regions industry. Boston was a port of the Atlantic triangular slave trade in the New England colonies

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Dayton Flyers football
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The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision and are members of the Pioneer Football League. Daytons first football team was fielded in 1905, the team plays its home games at the 11,000 seat Welcome Stadium in Dayton, Ohio. The Flyers are coached by Rick Chamberlin, husted, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Gruden, Graduated in 1985. Former head coach of Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, chuck Noll, Cleveland Browns player, and 4x Super Bowl winning coach for Steelers. Dayton has made five appearances in the NCAA Division III National Championship Game, the Flyers defeated Ithaca, 63–0 in the 1980 championship game, and defeated Union 17–7 in the 1989 championship game. The Flyers were unsuccessful in three championship game appearances, losing 17–10 to Widener in 1981, 19–3 to Wagner in 1987. From 2001–2005, the Pioneer Football League was divided into North and South Divisions, as winners of the Pioneer Football Leagues North Division, Dayton has made two appearance in the Pioneer Football League Championship Game, in 2001 and 2002. They also played in the Gridiron Classic in 2007 against Northeast Conference opponent Albany, Dayton has made one appearance in the FCS playoffs

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Fordham Rams football
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The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision and are members of the Patriot League. Fordhams first football team was fielded in 1881, the team plays its home games at the 7,000 seat Coffey Field in Bronx, New York. The Rams are coached by Andrew Breiner, who succeeded Joe Moorhead following the 2015 season after the latter was named offensive coordinator at Penn State, after several fairly successful decades of playing at a smaller scale, Fordham moved up to college footballs major level in the late 1920s. This included the hiring of Hall of Fame coach, Frank W. Cavanaugh, a beefed up schedule, from 1929 until the program went on hiatus in 1942, the Rams reeled off 14 straight winning seasons and often played in front of capacity or near capacity crowds. Rivals during this era included NYU, Saint Marys, Pittsburgh, Purdue, North Carolina, after the 1935 season UPI conducted the first ever national poll. Fordham finished with a Top-20 ranking and followed that with six straight additional Top-20 finishes from 1936-1941, only Duke also finished in the Top-20 in each of those first seven years of post-season polls. Fordhams best finish came in their undefeated 1937 season where they ended the season ranked 3rd in the country, memorable victories during this era began with one over Boston College in 1929, ending the Eagles 17 game unbeaten streak, still a school record. From there Fordham defeated NYU in 1930 in front of 78,5000 Yankee Stadium spectators for a contest that saw both teams step onto the gridiron undefeated. Other wins came against Detroit in 1931, St. Marys in 1932 and that result cost the Violets a shot at the Rose Bowl. NYU returned the favor the next season by upsetting the Rams. Further conquests included North Carolina in 1937, South Carolina in 1938, the Pitt rivalry began in 1935 when the teams settled for a scoreless tie. The squads exchanged goose eggs in 1936 and 1937 as well in what was dubbed the Much Ado About Nothing to Nothing series. After 13 straight scoreless quarters Pitt broke the drought with a second field goal in their 1938 encounter, won by the Panthers. After some revenge for Fordham in 1939, the Rams again beat Pitt in 1940, two blocked extra points where the difference in their 13-12 loss to Texas A&M, then the defending National Champions. A win over TCU in 1941 set up a Sugar Bowl date against Missouri, played in a monsoon setting, a first quarter blocked punt through the end zone gave the Rams a 2-0 lead that held until the games waning moments. The Tigers missed a last minute field goal and Fordham won by the lowest football score possible, back at the Polo Grounds Fordham again beat Missouri, 20-12, in their 1942 rematch. Still, the season as a whole was only mediocre as Fordham finished 5-3-1 and for the first time ever, the era subsequently came to a close as football was suspended for the remainder of World War II. Prior to that the Rams had gone a combined 88-20-12 for a.787 win percentage during their 1929-1942 glory years, over that same period of time only Alabama had a higher winning percentage in all of college football

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Milwaukee
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Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin and the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States. The county seat of Milwaukee County, it is on Lake Michigans western shore, Milwaukees estimated population in 2015 was 600,155. Milwaukee is the cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee–Racine–Waukesha Metropolitan Area with an estimated population of 2,046,692 as of 2015. Ranked by estimated 2014 population, Milwaukee is the 31st largest city in the United States, the first Europeans to pass through the area were French Catholic missionaries and fur traders. In 1818, the French Canadian explorer Solomon Juneau settled in the area, large numbers of German immigrants helped increase the citys population during the 1840s, with Poles and other immigrants arriving in the following decades. Known for its traditions, Milwaukee is currently experiencing its largest construction boom since the 1960s. In addition, many new skyscrapers, condos, lofts and apartments have been built in neighborhoods on and near the lakefront, the word Milwaukee may come from the Potawatomi language minwaking, or Ojibwe language ominowakiing, Gathering place. The first recorded inhabitants of the Milwaukee area are the Menominee, Fox, Mascouten, Sauk, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, many of these people had lived around Green Bay before migrating to the Milwaukee area around the time of European contact. In the second half of the 18th century, the Indians at Milwaukee played a role in all the wars on the American continent. During the French and Indian War, a group of Ojibwas, in the American Revolutionary War, the Indians around Milwaukee were some of the few Indians who remained loyal to the American cause throughout the Revolution. After American independence, the Indians fought the United States in the Northwest Indian War as part of the Council of Three Fires, during the War of 1812, Indians held a council in Milwaukee in June 1812, which resulted in their decision to attack Chicago. This resulted in the Battle of Fort Dearborn on August 15,1812, the War of 1812 did not end well for the Indians, and after the Black Hawk War in 1832, the Indians in Milwaukee signed their final treaty with the United States in Chicago in 1833. This paved the way for American settlement, Europeans had arrived in the Milwaukee area prior to the 1833 Treaty of Chicago. French missionaries and traders first passed through the area in the late 17th and 18th centuries, alexis Laframboise, in 1785, coming from Michilimackinac settled a trading post, therefore, he is the first European descent resident of the Milwaukee region. Early explorers called the Milwaukee River and surrounding lands various names, Melleorki, Milwacky, Mahn-a-waukie, Milwarck, for many years, printed records gave the name as Milwaukie. One story of Milwaukees name says, ne day during the thirties of the last century a newspaper calmly changed the name to Milwaukee, the spelling Milwaukie lives on in Milwaukie, Oregon, named after the Wisconsin city in 1847, before the current spelling was universally accepted. Milwaukee has three founding fathers, Solomon Juneau, Byron Kilbourn, and George H. Walker, Solomon Juneau was the first of the three to come to the area, in 1818. He was not the first European settler but founded a town called Juneaus Side, or Juneautown, in competition with Juneau, Byron Kilbourn established Kilbourntown west of the Milwaukee River and made sure the streets running toward the river did not join with those on the east side

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Boston University Terriers football
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The team competed in the NCAA Division I-AA and were members of the Yankee Conference and later the Atlantic 10 Conference. The schools first football team was fielded in 1884, boston University participated in football from 1884-1997, compiling an all-time record of 323–390–34. Boston University terminated their DI-AA football program on Homecoming Weekend 1997 during a season in the Atlantic 10. The players at the time were allowed to keep their 4-year scholarships or transfer without NCAA penalties, the University has used the former-football scholarships to comply with Title IX requirements. Boston University still fields a football squad in the modern Yankee Conference. Pat Hughes pro player, Richard Dick Farley pro player Hall of Fame coach Williams College The Terriers appeared in the I-AA playoffs five times with a record of 2–5

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Green Line Rivalry
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The Green Line Rivalry, also known as the B-Line Rivalry, the Battle of Boston and Battle of Commonwealth Avenue, is the name for the sports rivalry between Boston College and Boston University. The rivalry is named after the line that runs along Commonwealth Avenue. The two campuses lie less than five miles apart, the Green Line Rivalry is considered one of the top rivalries in college sports and first among college hockey rivalries. The Green Line Rivalry is the third most played college hockey rivalry series after the Michigan–Michigan State rivalry and the Battle for the Gold Pan. The series dates to February 6,1918, when BU first began playing hockey, and played its game that year against BC. Since then, no other opponent has appeared on either teams schedule more often, the rivalry has been renewed annually since the 1946–47 season, and the two teams have met at least twice a year since 1949. The schools have met 274 times, BU leads the series 133–123–18, the two teams meet twice annually as part of their regular Hockey East season schedule and often also meet in the Hockey East and NCAA postseason tournaments. In the 64 years of the tournament, the two teams have played for the Beanpot trophy 22 times, with BU winning 12 of the championship matchups and BC winning 10. Both teams have had stretches where they dominated the tournament, however, the Eagles defeated the Terriers 1–0 in overtime of the 2016 Beanpot championship. Both teams have won the championship five times, BC in 1949,2001,2008,2010,2012. The two rivals faced off in the 1978 championship game in Providence, with BU claiming its third championship with a 5–3 victory in Providence. The rivalry is highlighted by its intensity and mutual contempt between both players and fans, for instance, after BUs victory over BC in the 1978 national championship, BU co-captain Jack OCallahan was quoted as saying We shouldnt have to beat BC for the nationals. Hell, we can do that anytime, in a 2005 Sports Illustrated article, BC senior captain Ryan Shannon said that Every once in a while, out in a restaurant, you see familiar faces. But hockey culture is so humble, outside the rink, you see those guys as human beings, but when the on the rink, Theyre evil. Games feature an array of chants and insults chanted by each schools students sections, the rivalry was amplified when on January 8,2010, BC and BU faced off at Fenway Park, the first mens college hockey game to be played at Bostons iconic ballpark. BU edged BC 3–2 in front of a crowd of 38,000, a documentary about the rivalry entitled The Battle of Comm Ave. was released in 2009 by Rival Films. The documentary contains footage and interviews with numerous players and coaches. On November 8,2013, the teams faced off in the first non York–Parker matchup since 1994, the Eagles defeated the David Quinn-led Terriers 5–1 at Agganis Arena

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Holy Cross Crusaders football
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The Holy Cross Crusaders football team is the collegiate American football program of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. The team is a member of the Patriot League, an NCAA Division I conference that participates in Football Championship Subdivision, the team plays their home games at Fitton Field. Football began at Holy Cross in 1884 with games against teams from other schools beginning in 1891, starting in 1896 the Holy Cross Football team played at the Worcester Oval. The first home game played at Holy Cross was a 6–0 defeat of Massachusetts Agricultural College on September 26,1903, in 1908, the football field was moved to next to the baseball field which bears the same name. Since 1910, the Holy Cross Crusader Goodtime Marching Band has performed half time shows at football games. The original field was built wooden and concrete stands. These were replaced with steel stands in 1924 and aluminum seating in 1986, the largest crowd ever to pack Fitton Field was the 27,000 who showed up to see Holy Crosss All-American back Bill Osmanski in his last home game in 1938. In 1896, Holy Cross and Boston College played the first football game between the two schools, starting the Boston College–Holy Cross football rivalry, for much of the early to mid 20th century, BC and The Cross drew some of New Englands largest sports crowds. To accommodate larger crowds, the Holy Cross game was held at larger venues off campus. A record 54,000 attended the 1922 game at Braves Field, on November 28,1942, Holy Cross beat BC in a huge upset 55–12. The game is still the most famous between the two foes, not only for its result but also its aftermath, the Eagles had booked their victory party that night at the popular Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, but canceled after the loss. As a result, the BC team was absent when the club caught fire, but fortune did not always favor the Crusaders, and the series was suspended in 1986 after BC had won 17 games over a 20 year span. After an over three decade hiatus, the series will resume in 2018 as Holy Cross once again travels to Chestnut Hill to take on Boston College, the series will continue into the future, with a rematch already scheduled for 2020. In 1946 Holy Cross brought their best team in history to the Orange Bowl only to feel the heartbreak they gave BC four years earlier. On January 1,1946, Holy Cross faced off against the University of Miami for the Orange Bowl title, with the score tied 6–6 and only seconds remaining in regulation, Holy Cross was intercepted by Miamis Al Hudson who ran the ball 89 yards for a touchdown. In 1969, Holy Cross had to cancel the final eight games of the season when a contaminated faucet on a practice field led to an outbreak of hepatitis. Through the 1970s Holy Cross continued to play major East Coast football powers, Holy Cross enjoyed a football renaissance for a decade starting in 1981 with coaches Rick E. Carter and especially Mark Duffner. In 1983 the team was No.3 in the nation in I-AA under Carter, later under Duffner Holy Cross became the nations most successful I-AA program

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Braves Field
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Braves Field was a baseball park in the Northeastern United States, located in Boston. Today the site is home to Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University, the stadium was home of the Boston Braves of the National League from 1915–1952, prior to the Braves move to Milwaukee in 1953. The stadium hosted the 1936 Major League Baseball All-Star Game and Braves home games during the 1948 World Series, the Boston Red Sox used Braves Field for their home games in the 1915 and 1916 World Series since the stadium had a larger seating capacity than Fenway Park. Braves Field was the site of Babe Ruths final season, playing for the Braves in 1935, from 1929 to 1932, the Boston Red Sox played select regular season games periodically at Braves Field. On May 1,1926, Braves Field hosted the longest baseball game in history –26 Innings, the game ended in a 1-1 tie. Braves Field was also home to professional football teams between 1929 and 1948, including the first home of the National Football League franchise that became the Washington Redskins. C. Located on Commonwealth Avenue at Babcock Street, the field was aligned northeast. Most of the stadium was demolished in 1955, but significant portions of the structure still stand. While built for baseball and having a baseball history, Braves Field briefly served as host for football teams. Braves Field was one of two homes of the Boston Bulldogs of the first American Football League and the Boston Shamrocks of the second AFL, the National Football Leagues Pottsville Maroons were sold and relocated to Braves Field in 1929 as the Boston Bulldogs. In 1932, Braves Field became home of the football Boston Braves, the next year, after a 4-4-2 season, the Boston Braves Football franchise moved to Fenway Park and changed its name to the Redskins. In 1937 the franchise relocated and become todays Washington Redskins, later, the Boston Yanks played a few games at Braves Field when Fenway Park was unavailable. Before the Braves became the first modern-era franchise to relocate, in 1952, before Braves Field, the franchise had played at South End Grounds, with play at Congress Street Grounds in 1894 while South End Grounds was rebuilt following the May 5,1894 Roxbury Fire. Shortly after the Boston Red Sox opened Fenway Park in 1912, Braves owner James Gaffney purchased the former Allston Golf Club, construction of the $600,000 Braves Field began on March 20,1915 and was completed before the end of the 1915 season. The park was constructed entirely of steel and an estimated 8 million pounds of concrete, Braves Field officially opened on August 18,1915 with 46,000 in attendance to see the Braves defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1. Braves Park was the largest stadium built in that era, with 40,000 capacity, Braves Field was nicknamed The Wigwam by fans. Later it was nicknamed The Bee Hive and the changed to National League Park, from 1936–1941. The renaming of the team and stadium were both eventually dropped, during this span, it hosted the fourth Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 1936

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Alumni Stadium
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Alumni Stadium is a football stadium located on the lower campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, approximately six miles west of downtown Boston. The stadium lies within the city limits of Boston, although its address is Chestnut Hill. It is the home of the Boston College Eagles and its present seating capacity is 44,500. The original grandstands, which could accommodate 2,200 spectators in 1915, were enlarged over the subsequent years to 25,000. Nonetheless Alumni Field often proved too small for BC football games which were held at Fenway Park. On September 21,1957, Alumni Stadium opened on Boston Colleges lower campus, the new stadium incorporated a football field encircled by a regulation track with a seating capacity of 26,000. The dedication game, a match-up with the Midshipmen of the U. S. Naval Academy, was orchestrated with the help of BC benefactor and then-Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy. Alumni Stadium has hosted numerous intellectual and cultural luminaries, religious leaders, in addition to being the permanent home of the Boston College football team, Alumni Stadium hosted the Boston Patriots of the American Football League during the 1969 season. The stadium underwent a renovation before the 1994 season which eliminated the track. Since 1998, a 65-foot -high bubble of inflatable vinyl has covered the stadium from December to March, the field surface itself was converted to FieldTurf before the 2004 season. For the 2012 season, Alumni Stadium was outfitted with new FieldTurf, as the home of the Boston College Eagles, Alumni Stadium has been the site of numerous notable moments in Boston College football history. On September 17,2005, Alumni Stadium hosted BCs inaugural game as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference

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South End Grounds
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South End Grounds refers to any one of three baseball parks on one site in Boston, Massachusetts. They were home to the franchise that became known as the Boston Braves, first in the National Association and later in the National League. At least in its edition, the formal name of the park. It was located on the northeast corner of Columbus Avenue and Walpole Street, accordingly, it was also known over the years as Walpole Street Grounds, two other names were Union Baseball Grounds and simply Boston Baseball Grounds. Over time the team acquired other informal nicknames, such as Beaneaters, Red Caps, Rustlers and this team eventually adopted the official nickname Braves, just a few years before abandoning South End Grounds. With its tight foul lines and expansive center field, like a version of the Polo Grounds, it was sometimes said that the South End had no right or left field. South End Grounds was rebuilt twice during its lifetime, the first time by choice, the first South End Grounds was opened on May 16,1871. The last game was played on September 10,1887, the ballparks stands were demolished later that month to make way for a new structure. The second South End Grounds was opened on May 25,1888, the medieval-style witchs cap turrets were a very popular decoration on public seating structures of the 1880s and 1890s. The ballpark seated 6,800 by one estimate and it was the only double-decked baseball stadium ever built in Boston, apart from the rooftop seating which has turned the single-decked Fenway Park into a de facto double-deck ballpark. During the rebuilding process, the Bostons played their games at Congress Street Grounds. The third South End Grounds was built in ten weeks on the site of the old stand, because the previous structure had not been sufficiently insured, there wasnt enough money to rebuild the stands according to its old plans, and a smaller structure was built. Few photographs of this ballpark seem to be in circulation and that image can be seen above this text. The Braves moved out of the South End Grounds after their game on August 11,1914 to accommodate larger crowds during the drive of the 1914 pennant race. The team continued to play at Fenway Park until Braves Field was completed during the 1915 season, the stadium was demolished after the Braves left. The parking lot between Northeastern Universitys Columbus Parking Garage and Ruggles Station of the Orange Line of the MBTA now stands on the site of the grandstand. The outfield was located where the garage stands

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Foxboro Stadium
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Foxboro Stadium, originally Schaefer Stadium and later Sullivan Stadium, was an outdoor stadium located in Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States. The stadium was the site of several games in both the 1994 FIFA World Cup and the 1999 FIFA Womens World Cup, Foxboro Stadium was demolished in 2002 and replaced by Gillette Stadium and the Patriot Place shopping center. The stadium opened in August 1971 as Schaefer Stadium, primarily as the venue for the renamed New England Patriots of the National Football League. The team was known as the Boston Patriots for its first eleven seasons 1960–70, for six seasons, 1963–1968, the Patriots played in Fenway Park, home of baseballs Boston Red Sox. Like most baseball stadiums, Fenway was poorly suited as a football venue and its seating capacity was inadequate—only about 40,000 for football—and many seats had obstructed views. The Boston Patriots played the 1969 season at Alumni Stadium at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, the site was selected when the owners of Bay State Raceway donated the land, midway between Boston and Providence, Rhode Island. The general contractor who built the stadium was a Massachusetts-based company named J. F White Contracting Co, ground was broken in September 1970. It cost $7.1 million —only $200,000 over budget, even allowing for this modest cost overrun, it was still a bargain price for a major sports stadium even by 1970s standards. The original field was Poly-Turf, succeeded by AstroTurf, a natural grass field was installed before the start of the 1991 season. The original name in 1971 was Schaefer Stadium for the brewery of that name in an example of the sale of naming rights. When this agreement expired in 1983, Anheuser-Busch took over the rights, instead of putting the name of one of its brands of beer on the stadium, Anheuser-Busch agreed to name it Sullivan Stadium in honor of the Sullivan family, majority owners of the Patriots. After the family sold their majority interest in the team to Victor Kiam, although the official spelling of the towns name is Foxborough, the shorter spelling was used for the stadium. The venue hosted numerous significant soccer matches, including six games in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Sullivan Stadium hosted The Whos 25th anniversary tour on July 12 and 14,1989. Metallica and Guns N Roses brought the Guns N Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour to the stadium on September 11,1992, madonna performed her Whos That Girl tour there on July 9,1987, to a sell-out crowd. Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead recorded a portion of their live album, entitled Dylan & the Dead. Pink Floyd played a two-night stand in May 1988 and they also played a three-night sold-out stand in May 1994 on their The Division Bell Tour which was recorded and readily available on bootleg. The Dave Matthews Band played seven shows at the stadium from 1998 to 2001, the Rolling Stones played three nights on September 27 and 29 and October 1,1989, and on September 4 and 5,1994. Additionally, in 1994, the Drum Corps International World Championships were held in the stadium, by the late 1990s, Foxboro Stadium had become functionally obsolete by modern NFL standards

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Holy War (Boston College vs. Notre Dame)
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Although football at both universities dates to the 19th century, the series itself is relatively young. Boston College and Notre Dame first met on the gridiron on September 15,1975, since then, the two schools have met a total of 20 times, including a match-up in the 1983 Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee. An annual series was held from 1992–2004 and after a hiatus the rivalry has resumed for the 2007–12 seasons and it will continue for the 2015–16. Notre Dame leads the series 13–9 and these include the Vatican Bowl, the Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl, and the Jesuit Invitational. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, a Notre Dame alumna, since their first meeting in 1975, the Fighting Irish and Eagles have generated some memorable moments in only 32 years. The teams played each season from 1992 until 2004, despite Doug Flutie throwing for 287 yards and three touchdowns, BC found itself on the short-end of a 19–18 loss. The Eagles were down 19–12 at halftime and, after a Flutie TD pass to Scott Gieselman in the third quarter, on fourth down with 1,08 remaining, a Flutie pass fell incomplete for a Fighting Irish win. 1992 – Notre Dame 54, Boston College 7 In the first game of the series, a highly ranked BC team entered the game with high expectations. The Fighting Irish ended this hope with a crushing 54–7 victory, the game was punctuated—and the rivalry fueled on BCs side – by a successful fake punt called by Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz, early in the third quarter with his team already ahead 37–0. Also, the scenes from the final game of the 1993 film Rudy were shot during halftime of this game. 1993 – Boston College 41, Notre Dame 39 Boston College held a 38–17 lead with 11,13 left in the game, the Stadium rocked as they completed a 22-point comeback. But in the end, David Gordon hit a 41-yard field goal as time expired to drop the Irish to #4 in the rankings and it was BCs first-ever win over the Fighting Irish. For their effort, the Eagles made the November 29,1993,1998 – Notre Dame 31, Boston College 26 Although the Eagles stood at 3–5 coming in, the Eagles came close to beating then-No. Down 31–20 with 9,23 left in the game, Eagles senior quarterback Scott Mutryn threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Anthony DiCosmo, after a failed two-point conversion, the BC defense prevented a Notre Dame score. The Eagle offense then marched all the way to the Fighting Irish 4-yard line with only seconds remaining on the clock. The Eagles came out firing and withstood an early pair of touchdowns by Tony Fisher and Julius Jones, Hasselbeck would put the Eagles ahead for good with a 1-yard sneak in the third quarter and another touchdown toss early in the fourth. But the Fighting Irish showed no quit with their season on the line, however, a missed extra-point by Jim Sanson proved to be crucial. After Jones 67-yard punt return for a score, the Fighting Irish were forced to go for the two-point conversation—and failed,2002 – Boston College 14, Notre Dame 7 BC went to Notre Dame Stadium to face No

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Baldwin the Eagle
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Baldwin the Eagle, an anthropomorphized bald eagle, is the mascot of the Boston College Eagles. The nickname Eagles goes back to 1920 when Rev, and why not the Eagle, symbolic of majesty, power, and freedom. Its natural habitat is the high places, surely the Heights is made to order for such a selection. Proud would the B. C. man feel to see the B. C, Eagle snatching the trophy of victory from old opponents, their tattered banner clutched in his talons as he flies aloft. Soon a pair of eagles from Texas and New Mexico were given to the college as gifts. Sadly, one escaped and the other broke its beak trying, for the next four years, the official mascot was a stuffed golden eagle located in the athletic offices. In 1961, another attempt was made at a live mascot when the college adopted a 10-month-old golden eagle named Margo, Margo lived at the Franklin Park Zoo and was brought to all home games for several years until dying of a virus early in the 1966 season. In 2013, new athletic director Brad Bates brought back the live eagle tradition, after a fan contest to decide what to call the Eagle, it was named Welles after Welles Crowther, the hero who died helping others during the September 11 attacks, a BC alum. Welles made sparing appearances in 2013 and 2014, sometimes not being able to attend the games due to inclement weather, late start times, the eagle remained in Larz Anderson Park until 1954 when it was donated to Boston College and became synonymous with the BC Eagle. It now looks over Linden Lane, by the time Margo died in 1966, eagles had become endangered species and the university then opted to go to a costumed mascot. In 2000, with the unveiling of the current athletics logos, also, the mascot officially got the name Baldwin—a combination of the words Bald and win. There is also a 9.5 foot inflatable mascot named Baldwin, like many modern costumed mascots, Baldwin wears replica team uniforms at events. Baldwin the Eagle is brought to life by a team of Boston College students that are chosen by audition